Report



Minutes

The University of Toledo Board of Trustees

Clinical Affairs Committee Meeting

August 28, 2012

|Committee Chair Mr. Gary P. Thieman was present, as well as members Ms. Susan E. Gilmore, Dr. S. Amjad Hussain and Ms.|ATTENDANCE |

|Sharon Speyer. Faculty representative Dr. Sanford Kimmel was in attendance. Trustees Mr. William C. Koester, Ms. | |

|Linda N. Mansour, Ms. Susan Palmer and Mr. Joseph H. Zerbey, IV also attended the meeting. Administrative Liaisons | |

|Dr. Jeffrey Gold and Dr. Scott Scarborough were present. Additional attendees included Mr. Dan Barbee, Dr. Kris | |

|Brickman, Ms. Lauri Cooper, Mr. David Dabney, Dr. Michael Dowd, Dr. Lloyd Jacobs, Mr. Chuck Lehnert, Mr. Pete | |

|Papadimos, Dr. Carl Sirio and Ms. Joan Stasa. | |

|The meeting was called to order at 7:30 a.m. by Committee Chair Thieman in the Faculty Club Room at the Toledo Hilton |CALL TO ORDER |

|Hotel. | |

|Committee Chair Thieman requested a motion to waive the reading of the minutes of the July 10, 2012 Committee meeting |APPROVAL OF MINUTES |

|and accept them as written. A motion for approval was received by Trustee Gilmore and seconded by Trustee Koester. | |

|The minutes were approved by the Committee. | |

|Because of today’s lengthy agenda, Committee Chair Thieman suggested the Committee members review the Charge at their |REVIEW OF COMMITTEE CHARGE |

|September meeting. | |

|Dr. Jeffrey Gold, Chancellor and Executive VP Biosciences and Health Affairs/Dean of the College of Medicine and Life |HOSPITAL RANKING AND RATING |

|Sciences, provided the Committee with updated information about hospital rankings and ratings and information about |EMERGING TRENDS |

|the UTMC Quality and Safety Program. Dr. Gold reviewed with the Committee that the icare (c = communication, a = |_________________ |

|access, r = respect, e = excellence) program was built to focus mainly on quality and safety. He discussed the many | |

|things that go into patient and physician selection and how they work together has a lot to do with coverage and |UTMC QUALITY AND SAFETY PROGRAM |

|convenience, quality and experience, and reputation and referral = care team. | |

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|Hospital rankings and ratings are how UTMC is measured. | |

|Internal CQI Benchmarks | |

|External CQI Benchmarks | |

|Aspirational CQI Benchmarks | |

|Ranking and Reporting | |

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|Dr. Gold displayed a partial list of many groups and organizations indicative that UTMC is reviewed by many. Another | |

|group of organizations displayed that rate UTMC, although not as prominent, are the payers. Dr. Gold provided a long | |

|list of methods by which UTMC is ranked and rated. He discussed the basic parameters of how UTMC is evaluated | |

|providing examples of the different ways patient experience and patient quality is measured. The Committee was | |

|provided with information about how these measures are tracked over years to identify trends. Dr. Gold discussed the | |

|importance of maintaining balance between icare and the measured data and warned of associated risks if not compiled | |

|correctly. UTMC is working very hard to improve quality and excellence and are very focused on the quality of the | |

|data provided. | |

|Trustee Thieman requested a motion to enter Executive Session to discuss privileged information related to the |EXECUTIVE SESSION |

|evaluation of medical staff personnel appointments and quality reporting. The motion was received by Trustee Speyer, | |

|seconded by Trustee Gilmore, and a roll call of the Committee was taken: Ms. Gilmore, yes; Dr. Hussain, yes; Ms. | |

|Speyer, yes; and, Mr. Thieman, yes. After discussion, the Committee voted to exit Executive Session. | |

|Due to lengthy conversations in Executive Session, Mr. Thieman announced that the Chief of Staff Report will be |CHIEF OF STAFF REPORT |

|discussed and considered at the September Committee meeting. | |

|With no further business before the Committee, Trustee Thieman adjourned the meeting at 9:35 a.m. |ADJOURNMENT |

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